Tom Clancy's The Division PC Performance Review

1080p Testing with the GTX 960 and R9 380

When testing this game we decided to use the games built in benchmarking tool, as we found the benchmark's average framerate performance to be very similar to that in game performance, though we also found the minimum framerates in the benchmark to be lower than what we experienced in gameplay.

We decided to use the games built in benchmark for several reasons, firstly because the built in benchmark is very consistent and secondly because it removed the affect of time of day (changes in lighting) and changes in weather effects from affecting out results. Typically the game will have almost identical average framerate performance and higher minimum framerates in almost all scenarios when compared to the games benchmark tool.

Typically in game we get minimum framerates that are around 20-30% higher than what we get from the benchmark, which you should take into account when looking at these results.

When looking at AMD's R9 380 and Nvidia's GTX 960 we can see that AMD does have the performance advantage, but the difference here is never more than 5 FPS, making both GPUs very suitable for this title at 1080p.

With both of these GPUS the game is completely playable, but when it comes to both minimum and average framerate that AMD R9 380 is able to pull ahead of Nvidia's GTX 960, which is surprising for an Nvidia branded title.

Most Recent Comments

Im benching some results right now. I clearly see an issue with Gsync at the moment. Ill post some results when im done.

Look at the FPS loss with Gsync turned on with SLI. I thought SLI was fine until i started benching some results. I just kept it simple and consistent. Results are an average of 3 runs per variation. And this is with the new Nvidia drivers intended for The Division.

Using a ROG Swift Monitor with refresh set at 120hz via Nvidia panel. Interesting was that when using windowed mode in game, it automatically locked refresh to 60hz as opposed to the 120hz set by default.

Noticed the 1440p benches are from beta, as noted in the screenshot title. Do you have updated benches for live? I have a 5930k (overclocked to 4.4) and a 980ti (also slightly overclocked) - with those settings I barely make mid 50s to 60 in-game. Especially with the NVAO+ stuff on. I don't see how you get 100 avg fps.Quote

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